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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

Thank God! She was sitting directly in
the rare, sweet sunlight which God made
to come in, not to be shut cut of our homes.
In the garden she heard the sweet, delight
some voices of her children-the blessed
little children.
Kitty, with fiuttering little paws was
clutching with unchecked glee at the tas-
sells of the muslin curtain, and she noticed
with a sigh of relief that the mahogany
bureau, with it's Furnished surface, had
been paved with fresh finger marks.
Mrs. Jewett arose slowly, locked the
door, then knelt down; after awhile she
went forth,a new quiet in her heart, a new
smile on her face.
In the dining-room she raised the cur
tains, SO that the sunlight danced gaily
through the oom
Jennie came in with a torn apron, and
was greeted with a smile of welcome
rent and all.
Willie had been using paste in the din
ing room, and had daubed the cloth, door
knob and his blouse, but mamma patiently
showed him how to clean the spots away,
and Willie promised with great sincerity
to be more careful another time.
The children had a gloriously happy
day.
At night, when they were all asleep,
their mother went from room to room, gaz-
ing with pure thankfulness at each darling
little sleeper, so dcar-ah, so dear! She
sighed, then smiled at the little porcelain
vase in Willie's room, filled with sweet,
wild flowers of his plucking.
Then she went to her WI room, and
tearlully told ''father'' her terrible dream.
He kissed his wife's fair brow fondly,
and said, soothingly;
"Never mind, dear; we're all right %
And they were. The timely warning
was not lost on the mothers heart, for she
never forgot how terrible it was when in
dreams she roamed from one empty, order
ly room to another in quest of her children,
and could not find them. And she rcsolv-
ed that she would not wait to place white
flowers in their hand when the perfume
could moi reach the dulled sense and their
fading beauty would only break her heart;
the children should have the flowers now,
while their dear eyes were open to behold
them, and their hearts still alive to all of
earth's comforts and delights.
And we would that many another wife
and mother, who is drifting into habits of
fretfulness and nervousness through undue
care for the children's bodies rather than
their souls might dream this lady'sdream.'
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
low MILK rs WADE.
Sukey-s Udder A. mot a Reservoir. and
Good Mixers often have small Bags

The secret of how a COW secretes her
milk is an interesting matter of ~specula-
tion. 1t is generally supposed that she
makes it up during the day, and
has it all ready to be deliver
ed at night when the milker calls
for il; that is, she has the milk already
made and slowed away in her ndder. The
surprise often occurs when a COW with a
small udder gives a large quantity, while
the one with a large bag gives much less
milk. This is usually accounted for by al
leging that one has a ilesby bag, while the
other has an udder extending up into the
body. Now we have it said that the COW
really s~ecretes her milk at the time she is
being MIXED, at least to a certain extent.
Professor Ballatine says many animals
have no milk reservoirs, the lactiferons
duets being connected directly with the
milk v~esicles, 50 that no considerable
amount of milk can be carried ready form
ed. Such. he says, is the ease with the
human female, and the larger portion of
the milk must be secreted while the child
is at The breast. This is why a COW from
fright or worry. or loss of her calf or
change of mixers, sholds up" her milk.
simple because she has not yet seereted it,
and while that restless, uneasy condition
lasts it is actually impossible for her togive
down her usual flow.-DahgmaR.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

Don't snnb n boy because he wears
shabby clothes. When Edison. the inyen-
tor of the telephone, first entered Boston,
he wore a pair Of yellow linen breeehes in
the depth Of winter.
Don't snub a boy because his home is
plain and unpretending. Abraham Lin
coins early home was a log cabin
Don't snub a boy because Of the isner
anee Of his parents. Shakespeare, the
worlds poet, was the son OF a man who
was unable to write his own name.
Don't smut a boy because he chooses a
humble trade. The author OF The Pill
grim's Progress was a tinker.
Don't snub a boy because Of his physl-
cal disability. Milton was blind.
Don't snnb a boy because of dizziness in
his lessons. Hogarth, the celebrated
painter and engraver, was a stupid boy at
has books.
Don't snnb a boy because he shutters
Demosthcncs, the greatest orator Of
Greece, ovcrcaine a harsh and stammering
voice.
Don't snnb any one. MOI alone because
some day they may far outstrip you IN the
race Of life, but because it h neither kind
nor right, nor Christian ~ Christian Adro-
cate.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
AS HE REMEMBERED 1T.

Sam Ward was once seated opposite a
well-known senator at a dinner at Wash
ington. This senator was very bald, and
the light shining on the breadth of scalp
attracted Sans attention.
''Can you tell me-" he asked his neigh
Dor, "why the senator's head is like
Alaskan"
ssI'm sure | don't know
sBecause it's a great white bear place"
The neighbor was Immediately tickled.
and he hailed the senator across the
table
"Say, senator, Wards just got off a
very smart thing about you"
ssWhat is it ~
"Do you know why your head is like
Alaska ?"
NO"
Because it's a great place fer white
bears"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
a CURE FOR ALCOHOLISM.

| was one of those unfortunates given to
strong drink. 1t reduced me to degrade
ton. l vowed and strove long and hard,
but l seldom held victory over liquor long.
| hated drunkenness, but still | drank.
When | left 1t off l felt a horrid want of
something must have or go distracted.
l could neither eat, work or sleep. | en-
tered a reformatory and prayed for
strength; still | must drink. | lived so for
over twenty years; in that time never alb
stained over three months h~and-running.
At length | was sent to the house of cor
rectIon as a vagrant. If my family had
been provided for | would have preferred
to remain there, out of liquor and tempta-
ton. Explaining my affection to a fellow
prisoner, a man of much education and ex-
periencc, he advised me to make a vinegar
of ground q~Iassia, a half ounce stepped in
a pint of vinegar, aud to put about a
small teaspoonful of it in a little water,
and drink it down every time tile liquor
thirst came upon ME violently. l found
it satisfied the cravings, and suffuscd a
feeling of stimulation and strength. When
l was discharged l continued this cure,
and persevered till the thirst was conquer
ed. For two years have not tasted liquor,
and / nave no desire for it. Lately, to try
my strength, l have handled and smelt
whisky, but l have no temptation to take
it. | give this for the consideration of the
unfortunate, several of whom | know have
recovered by the same means which | no
longer require to use.-C0nnecticut Home.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
THE SAFEST PLACE IN HATTIE.

Not in the rear
To stand and with scrvile fear;
But forward where the guns are mounted,
And cost of life is never counted;
here duty prompts to splendid valor;
And danger brings the check no pallor:
There safest, why?
All, safety lies in victory.
Keep near the flag
Halt not, nor in the vanguard lag;
An enemy, become thy Master,
Will give pursuit and bring disaster;
The captive'a doom is one of sorrow
With gloomy prospect of the morrow;
The foe in sight,
There stand and push the gallant fight.
'Tis hand to hand
That brings the triumph proud and grand;
not beyond the rifles distance,
in the ranks with strong resistance;
where the drum-beat is the hardest;
Ifonly duty thou regardest
Thy chance is best,
And loyal stars shall crown thy breast.
Earth's coward wrongs
Are overcome with "forward" songs;
Go nearest TO the cross, and wait thee,
Though evil men should scorn and hate thee
For ne hangs tnefe, Norlu-uefiueu,
Shall Satan's kingdom sec divided;
And thou shalt hear
His welcome, "Faithtul one, come near p
Stand near thy chief,
For he is king beyond his grief;
Come up, o timid soul, nor falter,
Come boldly up where smokes the altar:
Thy fullest sacrifice be yielded;
find thyself forever shielded
Beneath his wing,
For whom was made thy Offering.
-Rer. DUight Williams.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
EINCoLN.s sCORN OF A LIE.
A story Showing How He got 10 be
Called IN Abe.


Mr.. A. H. Chapman, a ~step-nephew by
marriage of Mr.. Lincoln, has this to say
of him as to why he was called "Honest
Abe In his law practice on the Wabash
circuit he was noted for his answering
honesty. People learned to love him ar
IDENTIFY, devotedly, and juries listened in
tently, earnestly, receptively to the sad
faced. earnest man. He was never blamed
for bribery; nothing could move him when
once bis resolutions were formed. There
was nothing scholarly in his speeches, and
he always rested his case on its merits,
only asking for simple western justice, and
the texture of the man was such that his
very ungainliness was in his favor before a
pioneer jury. His face always wore a
sweetened and kindly expression, never
sour and burning to win them, his tall
frame swaying as a pine, made him a re-
sistless pleader. I remember one case Of
his honest trait of character. 1t was a
case in which he was for the defendant.
Satisfied of his clients innocence, it de-
pended mainly on one witness. That wit
ness told ON the stand under oath what
Abe knew to be a lie, and no one else
knew. When he arose to plead the case
he said: sGentlemen, l depended on this
witness to clear my client. He has lied.
| ask that no attention be paid his testi-
mony. Let his words be stricken out, if
my case fails. l do not wish to win in
this way"
His scorn of a lie touched the jury; he
laid his case before them magnidcently,
skillfully, mastery, and won in spite of
the lie against him. From such work
came his 'IIonest Abe" | never knew
Abe to have a coat to fit him, all were ill
fitting, but underneath was a big, hot
heart that could adjust itself to allhuman-
ity. He had at his tongues end the little
items that make up the humble world of
the pioneer farmer. Once at a hotel in the
evening during court a lawyer said: "Our
case is gone; when Lincoln quit he was
crying, the jury was crying, the Judge was
crying, and | was a little damp about the
lashes myself. We might as well give the
case up."-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
WOMEN As CONGRATULATIONS

The simple truth, undeniable because
established fact, is that II Young women
of merit and our women of matuTer years
are betaking themselves more and more to
study. They are informing themselves
concerning municipal and national govern
ments, they are interested in political
economy, ancient and modern history, the
languages, and also, to a very large extent
in charities. IL they do not converse ''in-
diligently with men" it is for the excel
lent reason that men arc wanting. The
sterner sex at the present time are lovers
of clubs they have little desire to con-
verse with women, consequently they pos
sess a slight. very slight, knowledge o.
the woman's power Of conversation :
Boston Globe.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

Not seen the New Davis Sewing Machines?
Then you d~on'tknow anything about pleasure
in doing your sewing, and never viii know
what comfort is until you have seen ana ope.
rated this perfcctmachine 1t Is we'll calcula-
earth, and, therefore, no less fitted for the
great hereafter. The Davis should be IN
every home. 1t makes the tired mother, ana
o~ver-worked housewife more cheerful. 1t
brings back the smiles, and banishes the
blues caused by using the old, cumbersome
and heavy machines. Don't let the sun go
down another day without calling upon Mrs.
IL. A.Lippincott who sells the New Davis Yer
tical Feed sewing Machine, the machine otail
machines,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
VOL. ".
JUST FOR TODAY.

|
Domino, die isto sine peccato no
custodire.
Lord for tomorrow and its needs
q not pray,
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin,
just for to-day.
Let ne both diligently work
And duly pray;
Let mo be kind in word and deed,
Just forto-day.
Let me be slow to do my Will,
Prompt to obey;
Help me to mortify my flesh,
Just for to-day.
Let me no wrong or idle word
Unthinking say;
Set Thou q seal upon my lips,
just for to-day.
Let me in season, Lord, be grave
In season gay;
Let me be faithful 10 Thy grace,
just for to day.
And if to-day my life
Should ebb away,
Give me Thy sacraments divine,
Sweet Lord to-day.
In purgatory's cleansing fires
Briet be my stay;
Oh, bid me, if to-day | die,
Come home to-day.
So, for tomorrow and its needs
10 not pray;
But keep me. guide me, love me. Lord,
Just for to-day.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
L am Proud

to say from personal experience that Sui
phur Bitters, which advertisement will be
seen in another column, is the best spring
and blood medicine to be found. It is pre-
pared by an honest firm who scorn TO use
cheap and worthless medicines, but use the
best that money can buy.-Edttor.
August5-2t
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

Miss Julia Elizabeth Forneret has been
installed as deaconess in the Episcopal
church by Bishop Potter, of New York.
She is the first deaconess admitted to that
church for nearly 400 years, and the first
one ever created in America. A deaconess
is not q nun. She remains in the world,
but all the while is engaged in church
work. Tho Rutland (Vt.) Herald says:
eff this is all, there are from three to ten
d-eaconcsses in every church whenever an
entertainment is to be given, only they are
not called by that name. Sometimes they
ave been spoken of as the ~drudgery
committee. But by any other name they
are Just as sweet, and'it is a good sign that
the church means to be just when it con-
fers honor upon such deserving ones"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

The growth of the wild carrot is most
wonderful this year, and many OF our
farmers are becoming alarmed over the
result. If TIE seed OF this years crop is
allowed to spread the carrot viii have gain
ed such a hold as to make it almost i'm
possible to exterminatc the nuisance.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

A brickm aker in England gives his ex-
perience in regard to this matter among
men in his employ. Tie says after inyesti-
CATION: 'The beer drinker who made the
fewest bricks made $50, 900; the abstainer
who made the fewest bricks, TAG, 900. The
difference in behalf of the abstainer over
the indulgcr, $1,000
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

When you dcplete a w~orkingman's phys
ical energy you deplcte his capital. The
stimulated workman gives ont before the
unstimulated workman
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-06-09
FOURTH OF JULY.
A movement TO Rave N Grand
Celebration.

Celebration.
A meeting Of citizens was held last
evening in Judge Cheney's courtroom
to make arrangements for the celebra'
tion of tho Fourth OF July. General
Briefly was selected as Chairman aud
C. l.. Fisher as Secretary. The only
business transacted was the selection of
the following as an Executive Commit
tee, to meet on Friday evening and ap-
point sub commi tees II. I. Hazard,
w. II. Workman, Sidney Lacey, &. w.
Hicks, K. +. Del Vale. j. G. Estudillo,
Captain Barrett, j. Kuhrts. Thomas
Strohm, l.. Il. Mo.h her, Il. c. Burlin-
game, q. w. Childs, Jr., ID. Lewis, Il.
German, Charles P. Thurston, John p.
Moran, General Mathews, M. l.. Wicks,
w. e. Furley, ID. V. Walorop, l. Wit
mer, K. G. Weyse. j. Roster, Walter s..
Moore, L. Loeb, jerry Hitch. +. Castruc.
clio, Capt. Thornton and +. Adam, OF Los
Angeles I. Nj. Green, Col. j. Ban.
bury, Col. H. H. Markham, E. C.Web.
ster, of Pasadena w. N. Monroe, OF
Monrovia Col. L. L. Maybury, Of
San Gabriel; w. Ii. Spurgeon and Chas.
Il. French, of Santa Ana K X. Chaplin,
Of Santa Monica; d. e. Pixley and j.
Ii. Arnold, Of Orange: Theodore Reiser
and Theodore Rimpuu, of Anaheim; j.
Mitrovirch, of Downey; Capt. VIM.
Banning, OF Wilmington; Capt. Timms,
of San Pedro; G. E. Packard, oil
Pomona; w. l.. Dodson, of FL Monte;
Chas. Maclay and Geo. X. Porter, OF
San Fernando; Geo. Campton, of New
hall; j. A. Nichols, of Compton; d. W.
Ham6lin, of Azusa, and B. Machado, Of
Ballona.
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Notice Of Assessment.

TIME TEHACHIPA BUILDING STONE
l. Company, location of principal place
of business, Los Angeles. CAL; location of
works, Tehachipa, Kern county, Cal.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
day Of June, 1857, an assessment mo. y of
ten Q0) cents per share was levied upon the
capital stock ofthe corporation tbeing $4,000,
payable Immediately In United States cur
rency to the Secretary, at the office OF the
company.
ANY stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on the 26th day of June,
1887, will be delinquent and advertised for
sale at public auction. and unless payment
Is made before, will be sold on MONDAY,
the 18th day OF July, 1857, to pay the delin-
quent assessment. together with costs of ad.
vertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board OF Directors.
ROBERT A. LEWIS, Secretary.
Office IL Court street, Los Angeles, Gal.
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MInnrE.AGED MEN who lack yigor

MDDLE-AGED MEN who lack vigor and
vitality can be cured by Gilmore's AromAt-
@ Wine. For sale by @. f. Heinzeman,
gent, Los Angeles.
All respectable dealers keep Damiana Bit
tiers. Michel Levy d Co., wholesale liquor
dealers. agents.
Damiana Bitters makes the oldyoung and
the weak strong and healthy. NJ. Levy Il
Co, Wholesale liquor dealers. agents
If ynu want a good appetite drink Dami.
ana Bitters Michel Levy Il Co., wholesale
liquor dealers, agents.
WILL YOU SUFFER- with Dyspepsia and
liver Complaint? Shilohs Vitalizer is
euaranteed to cure you. G. +. Heinzeman,
agent, Los Angeles.
sHILOH'S vIrALIZER Is what you need
for Constipation, Loss Of Appetite, Dizzi-
ness. and all symptoms Of Dyspepsia. Price
10 and rs cents per bottle. q. y. Heinzeman,
agent, Los Angeles.
Ladies who are troubled with cramps and
nervousness should drink Damiana Bitters.
Ia pleasant to take.
NERyE.IIFE AND vIG0R restored in
men and women by using gflmote's Aro-
matte Wine. For sale by @. +. Heinzeman,
agent, Los Angeles.
For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh 8
Porous plaster. Price 26 cents. @. +. Heinze'
man, agent. Los Angeles.
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Notice OF Foreclosure Sale.

VOHN D. CHAFFEE, PLAINTIFF. We.
u Thomss Padgett, ct al, defendants.
oherif's Sale No. 5566 Order of sale and
decree of foreclosure and sale.
Under and by virtue of an order OF sale
and decree of foreclosure and sale, issued
out OF the Superior Court of the county OF
Los Angeles, State OF California, on the 9th
day of May, A. ID. 1887, in the above entitled
action. wherein John ID. Chaffee, the above
named plaintiff, obtained a Judgment and
Thomas Padgett ct al, defendants, on the
9Th day of May, A. d. 1887, for the sum of
1864 60 In lawful money of the United States
which said decree was, on the 9TH day of
May, A. ID. 1887, recorded in Judgment
Book of said court, at page sos ct seq, am
commanded 10 sell all that certain lot, piece
or parcel of land situate, lying and being
in the county of Los Angeles. State of Cali
fornia, and bounded and particularly de-
scribed as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the northwest corner OF the
tract assigned to Moves Lopez de Peralta
on partition Of said rancho by the District
Court of Los Angeles county in the year
1868, and running thence south twenty-five
(42) chains to stake near the semi-Tropic
water ditch; thence N DC 9 L near the bank
of the Saptiago Creek six and IA. lOC 70 14.10O)
chains; thence N 400 so e. twelve and
81. 100 ia 81 lt0) chains: thence lSo 80 X
$40 4 four and IS 100 "a $4,000 chains;
thence west sixteen and 90.l00 (l6 30 100
chains to the point of beginning. containing
twenty and 92 100 acres OF land, together
with such portion OF the Santiago water
right owned by Thomas Padgett February
25, 1880. as the said 10 92 100 acres of land Is
portion of the irrigable lands owned by
Oge & Bond at the time they decided said
land 10 A. E. Haines
Public notice is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, the 18th day OF June. A. D..
1887, at II O'Clock NJ. of that day, in front of
the Court House door of the county of Los
Angeles, on Spring street. will, in obedi.
ence to said order of sale and decree of
foreclosure and sae. sell the above de-
scribed property, or so much thereof az
with interest and costs, etc., to the highest
and best bidder, for Cash in lawful money
of the United states.
Dated this 18th day of May. 1887.
JAMES C. KAYS,
myl7-td Sheriff OF Los Angeles County.
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DIR. r. Hitler. Sr..

Well and favorably known in California
and Nevada since 1853. and with the expe-
riepce OF fOrty.five years of an extended
and succes sful practice in all the depart
ments of medicine, surgery and obstetrics,
ard a thorough knowledge of the advar &C.
menfs and modern practices in the various
medical branches, feels justified to offer his
professional services to the people of Los
Angeles, particularly to those unfortunstes
who are 81 fferipg from disease which has
resisted the ordinary modes of cure.
His credentials and testimonials are open
to inspe ction at his Office, corner third and
Spring street, Los Angeles.
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ORIGIN OF USE OF TOBACCO.
The Popular Weed N supposed
.Remedy for NJ any L IL.

To the tobacco-loving reader IL VIII
be interesting to learn how the weed
was smoked in the New World before 1t
was introduced into the Old by the inn
mortal Jean Moot, whose name be for
ever blessed (!l. According to Hubert
Howe Bancroft, author of the "Paciiic
States" the habit Of smoking did not
possess among the civilized tribes OF
Mexico the peculiar character attached
10 it by the North American wild tribes
m an indispensable accessory to treaties,
,he cementing of friendship, and 50
forth. but was INDUCED in chiefly by
the sick, as pastime and for its stlmu-
latine effect. The origin OF the custom
among the former may be traced to the
nae Of reed. grass, filled with aromatic
hsrbs. which was lighted and given to
guests that they might dlffuse the per-
iume about them gradually tney came
to huff the reeds and swallow the SMOKE
pretending to find therein remedy
acaipst headache, fatigue. pnlegm,
.ieeplessness, etc. Three kinds OF to-
b.cco were used; the first obtained
from a large-leaved plant, the second
from q. small but stronger species, and
the third, u less esteemed kind, known
later on as wild tobacco. The second
and third varieties were the only species
known among the ancient Mexicans. IL
was generally smoked after dinner in the
form of paper, reed or maize leaf cigar
cites, the leaf being mixed in paste
with LIQUID amber, aromatic herbs and
pulyerIzsd charcoal, so as Co keep smoul
dering when once lighted. and shed
perfume. The second or stronger spe
cies was smoked later in the day, with
ont admxture, and somewhat in th'
shape of cigars. The smoke was IN
Ealed and the nose closed, IN order tina
none of the grateful qualities should b
lost. Wooden, metal or bamboo tube
were sometimes used instead OF cigar
cites. Shutting the pulverized leaf !
an ancient custom we owe to them.